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An analysis of factors influencing farmers’ choice of green gram marketing channels in Mbeere south sub-county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-08)Smallholder farmers in Mbeere South sub-County face crop production and marketing constraints that trap them in a vicious cycle of poverty. Mainstream marketing research and development efforts often focus on the major ... -
An analysis of factors influencing market participation among smallholder rice farmers in western province, Zambia
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Increasing market participation among smallholder producers has the potential to lift them to better income levels through increased productivity and surplus production. Nowhere in the Zambian agricultural sector is ... -
An analysis of factors influencing participation of smallholder farmers in red bean marketing in Halaba special district, Ethiopia
(University of Nairobi, 2014-08)Market participation in rural households is a vital strategy in assuring better income and a key factor to lifting rural households from poverty. Red bean is an important crop in Ethiopia, especially Halaba Special District ... -
Analysis of Factors Influencing the Adoption of Dairy Technologies in Western Kenya
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2005-12)The necessity to improve dairy production in the less developed countries (LDCs) exists, and the Government of Kenya has recognised this as evidenced by its efforts in restructuring the dairy sector. The sector contributes ... -
Analysis of Factors Influencing Tomato Farmers’ Willingness to Adopt Innovative Timing Approaches for Management of Climate Change Effects in Taita Taveta County, Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)Climate change poses serious economic challenges including low quality and yield of produce and high post-harvest losses leading to low incomes among smallholder tomato farmers. Recent literature shows possible ways of ... -
Analysis Of Factors Influencing Women Participation In Coffee Value Chain In Huye District, Rwanda
(University of Nairobi.Department of Agricultural Economics, 2012-04)Women constitute the majority of the population of Rwanda, their role in decision making should therefore be important in the development of the country. However, in rural areas women empowerment is still low while their ... -
An Analysis Of Farmers Awareness Of Agricultural Extension Devolution And Preferences For Participatory Design Of Agricultural Extension Programs In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)In Kenya, agricultural extension has suffered various shortcomings including inadequate farmer involvement in development and designing of extension programs. The current County governance system in Kenya devolves ... -
An Analysis Of Farmers’ And Traders’ Awareness, Perceptions And Effect Of Chicken Value Chain Practices On Newcastle Disease Outbreaks In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Newcastle disease (ND) is a major challenge affecting chicken production in Kenya. It causes mortalities of 80 to 100 percent, depriving farmers and traders of their sources of livelihood. The disease is the main challenge ... -
An analysis of fish farming post economic stimulus program in Kibwezi, Makueni County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Communities living in Arid and Semi-arid Lands (ASALs) face many challenges such as poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition, and limited means of livelihoods. This has been worsened by the rapid changing climate that has ... -
Analysis of Fodder Production and Marketing in the Rangelands of Southern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya have adopted fodder production to address the problem of livestock feed scarcity, as well as to diversify their household incomes from the sale ... -
Analysis of genetic variability for yield and grain quality characters of two-line F1 rice (Oryza sativa L.) hybrids
(Department Of Plant Science And Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 2012)Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important staple food in Kenya but the country produces only 20% of the domestic demand of this crop. Over the last four decades, development of Fi hybrid rice has become an important strategy ... -
Analysis of Governance on Cross-border Livestock Trade Between Kenya and Somalia
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Cross-border livestock trade between African nations is becoming an important area of analysis for understanding transboundary peace and business in major trade corridors in Africa. The Kenya – Somali corridor, which is ... -
Analysis of growth of productivity in Kenya’s agricultural sector
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Economics, 1984)The study is concerned with agricultural growth and productivity in Kenya between 1960 and 1980. The principal objectives were to dete rmi.ne the rates and sources of growth in output and producti vi ty in economic and ... -
Analysis of household choice and determinants of livelihood diversification activities in Chobe district, Botswana
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Analysis of Institutional Dynamics and Their Influence on Livestock Export Trade in the Berbera Corridor of Somaliland
(University of Nairobi, 2020)In the last four decades, Somalia’s economy has evolved from a centralised economy under socialist institutions to a largely stateless and deregulated economy that has attracted interest from scholars. Some scholars have ... -
Analysis of Integration of Sorghum Markets in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This study evaluated the integration of sorghum markets in Kenya using a cointegration approach. Bimonthly wholesale prices for sorghum for five major markets; Kalundu Market (Kitui County), Soko Posta Market (Busia County), ... -
The analysis of labour utilization in smallholder tea farms in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Economics, 1978)Rapid growth has taken place in the smallholder tea sector in Kenya and the dynamic response to incentives, by which this has been accomplished, is remarkable. This study undertakes to examine the role of one of the major ... -
Analysis of Livelihood Activities Among Pastoral Households in Urban and Peri-urban Areas of Isiolo Town, Northern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Pastoralists all over the world are faced with a myriad of challenges, chief of them being recurrent droughts, diminishing grazing land owing to land tenure and land use changes, and conflicts over scarce resources, which ... -
An Analysis of Livestock Manure Flow from Rangelands to Cultivated Lands in Central Kenya: A Case Study of Mukogodo Division, Laikipia District
(Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT), 2009)The soils cultivated by smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are inherently infertile. Poor soil fertility is recognized as a major constraint to crop productivity. One of the effective ways to redress this problem ...